The Many Faces of Aunt Jemima The face of Aunt Jemima, a smiling, African American woman, on a box of pancake mix, bottle of syrup, or many other breakfast items, is a fairly ubiquitous part of American popular culture. Many people don’t realize that the Aunt Jemima seen today on these products is a composite …
Few people today know the story of Eugene James Bullard, the first African American military fighter pilot. Shrouded in legend and inaccuracies, Bullard’s life story is an interesting one that begins in the rural American South. Bullard was born in Columbus, Georgia to William Bullard and Josephine “Yokalee” Thomas. William was from the French island …
In May of 2019, the University of Alabama presented Autherine Lucy with an honorary doctorate degree. It was not, however, for the university a typical honorific. The university was honoring the very woman who integrated the school in 1956. Born in Shiloh, Alabama, October 5, 1929—the youngest child in a family of sharecroppers, Lucy attended …